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~The COVID-19 crisis shows not only the bankruptcy of Libertarianism, but its utter impotence as well. Not only has Rapacious Capitalism used Libertarianism as ideological cover to loot The Commons, leaving the average citizen out in the cold and, in the present circumstances, quite likely to die, but that insidious ‘small government’ ideology is now also shown to be totally useless in the face of a nation crisis on the massive scale of this pandemic. The bodies of those tens of thousands, probably even hundreds of thousands, of dead Americans can be laid at its feet. All of you should be forced to bury them with your bare hands.
"No, Libertarianism isn't fine.
It's based upon the delusional mythology of Rugged [White] Individualism building America. It makes a lot of noise about The Pioneers 'doing it themselves' and ignores any facts that run counter to that notion, like the railroads being both Corporate Entities and Federally funded. Or the need for the US Army in dealing with the Plains Indians, the finest light cavalry in the world. Without the former most of those Rugged [White] Individualists would have wound up as bones bleaching upon The Great Grass Plain. Plus it's traditional heroes tend to be violent, alcoholic, gambling addicted, whore mongering sociopaths.
And this is not even getting into how much of American's economic foundations were built upon the scarred black back of slavery.
So fuck that Libertarian bullshit...and you can quote me on that shit, baby!" *raises clenched fist*
It's based upon the delusional mythology of Rugged [White] Individualism building America. It makes a lot of noise about The Pioneers 'doing it themselves' and ignores any facts that run counter to that notion, like the railroads being both Corporate Entities and Federally funded. Or the need for the US Army in dealing with the Plains Indians, the finest light cavalry in the world. Without the former most of those Rugged [White] Individualists would have wound up as bones bleaching upon The Great Grass Plain. Plus it's traditional heroes tend to be violent, alcoholic, gambling addicted, whore mongering sociopaths.
And this is not even getting into how much of American's economic foundations were built upon the scarred black back of slavery.
So fuck that Libertarian bullshit...and you can quote me on that shit, baby!" *raises clenched fist*
